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A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty - Page 47
by William Bligh - 1838
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The book of adventure and peril

Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 pages
...every information in my power, that in case any accident happened to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...supper. 'Saturday, 9th. — In the morning a quarter oi a pint of cocoanut milk, and some of the decayed bread, was served for breakfast ; and for dinner...
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The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

Sir John Barrow - 1876 - 422 pages
...information in my power, that in case any accident should happen to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...pint of water and half an ounce of bread for supper." On the morning of the 9th, a quarter of a pint of cocoa-nut milk and some of the decayed bread were...
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Adventures by Land and Sea, Etc. [With Plates.]

Maria Hack - 1877 - 228 pages
...cocoa-nut shells, that he might divide the daily allowance more exactly. At night he gave each of them a quarter of a pint of water, and half an ounce of bread, for supper." " I cannot guess at all about these weights and measures. I want to know how much it would look." "...
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The eventful history of the mutiny and piratical seizure of H.M.S. Bounty ...

sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 432 pages
...information in my power, that in case any accident should happen to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...pint of water and half an ounce of bread for supper." On the morning of the gth, a quarter of a pint of cocoa-nut milk and some of the decayed bread were...
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The mutiny of the Bounty [abridged from W.Bligh's Narrative] and other ...

William Bligh - 1885 - 158 pages
...every information in my power, that, in case any accident happened to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...more than the name, and some not even that. At night 1 served a quarter of a pint of water and half an ounce of bread for supper. CHAPTER III. FATE OF THE...
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 10

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 558 pages
...information in my power, that in case any accident should happen to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...pint of water and half an ounce of bread for supper." On the morning of the 9th, a quarter of a pint of cocoanut milk and some of the decayed bread were...
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Great Sea Stories

Joseph Lewis French - 1921 - 364 pages
...every information in my power, that, in case any accident happened to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...half an ounce of bread for supper. Saturday, 9th. — About nine in the evening the clouds began to gather, and we had a prodigious fall of rain, with...
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Dead Men's Tales

Frederick Harcourt Kitchin - 1926 - 350 pages
...and of the course to be followed after reaching Australia, so that " those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...nothing of, more than the name, and some not even that." Though the men grew progressively weak under the scanty rations, there was no case of serious illness....
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The Bounty Mutiny

William Bligh, Edward Christian - 2001 - 290 pages
...every information in my power, that in case any accident happened to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...knew nothing of, more than the name, and some not that. At night I served a quarter of a pint of water, and half an ounce of bread, for supper. In the...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 19

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...information in my power, that in case any accident should happen to me, those who survived might have some idea of what they were about, and be able to...pint of water and half an ounce of bread for supper." On the morning of the 9th, a quarter of a pint of cocoanut milk and some of the decayed bread were...
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